NEWS
Nutanix expands partnership with AWS
“ Ninety per cent of organizations are taking a ‘ cloud smart ’ approach to their infrastructure strategy – leveraging the best environment for each of their applications ,” said Tarkan Maner , Chief Commercial Officer , Nutanix . “ Our expanded strategic partnership with AWS is a win-win-win for both companies and our customers , as it will help simplify their cloud migration journeys , accelerate their adoption of AWS using NC2 , and open the door to hybrid cloud and on-prem Nutanix opportunities .”
Nutanix has expanded strategic collaboration with AWS to accelerate cloud migration and provide options for customers managing workloads across on-premises and cloud environments . This aims to reduce the friction required for IT modernisation , making it easier for customers to leverage AWS services to drive innovation .
Through this collaboration , customers can leverage Nutanix Cloud Clusters
( NC2 ) on AWS , which will enable them to seamlessly extend their on-premises Nutanix environment to AWS . This integration allows organisations to run their applications on a consistent environment across both on-premises and AWS , and benefit from access to AWS services , including AWS Databases , Amazon Simple Storage Service ( Amazon S3 ), and AI and ML services – as well as the security , resiliency and scalability AWS offers .
Chris Sullivan , Vice President , Americas Channels & Alliances , AWS , said : “ Our expanded collaboration with Nutanix represents a significant step forward in simplifying cloud migration , and helping customers innovate .
“ This partnership will empower more customers to accelerate their digital transformation journey , allowing them to leverage the scalability , security , resiliency and innovation of AWS and its services .”
NTT DATA announces intent to acquire Niveus Solutions
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Niveus
Solutions – a premier cloud engineering company , specializing in Google Cloud Platform ( GCP ) services . The acquisition accelerates NTT DATA ’ s strategy to expand its cloud capabilities to meet the global demand for transformative cloud solutions across industries and solidifies the company as a leading global system integrator for Google Cloud .
Once the transaction is closed , Niveus Solutions , an award-winning leader in Google Cloud services , will add 1,000 GCP engineering professionals with expertise in GCP native modernization , data engineering and AI to enhance NTT DATA ’ s Google Cloud Business Unit .
“ The acquisition of Niveus Solutions will firmly position us as a leading Google Cloud powerhouse , propelling NTT DATA as one of the world ’ s largest system integrator partners for Google Cloud ,” said Charlie Li , Head of Cloud and Security Services , NTT DATA .
The acquisition will build on NTT DATA ’ s recently expanded strategic partnership with Google Cloud which is focused on co-innovating data analytics and GenAI solutions for enterprise clients .
Niveus Solutions has demonstrated proven success with recent accolades including the 2024 Google Cloud ‘ Breakthrough Partner of the Year – Asia Pacific ’ and ‘ India Partner of the Year .’
Building on this momentum , NTT DATA says it is well positioned to expand its leadership and extend these capabilities globally .
Suyog Shetty , CEO and co-founder , Niveus Solutions , said : “( The acquisition ) accelerates our mission to harness our GCP talent pool globally , tapping into India ’ s thriving ecosystem of skilled professionals and enhancing our ability to deliver transformative services globally .” p
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